Interest in sustainable food continued to rise in 2012. This year, technology and food collided,leading to more startups entering the space, a variety of studies on the impacts of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and even vat grown meat. We also delved deeper into what “sustainable” food really means.Read on for a roundup of highlights in sustainable food 2012!Food and TechnologyIt isn...

The Air Umbrella has been in the news lately and I think this Pump Umbrella is a fitting Part ? 2 for the design. For all practical purposes we have three main reasons for umbrellas to cause us worry.one when we use it ? that it keeps us dry and doesn’t flurry inside out. Second: it should be easily portable. Lastly, after use we need to store it well so that it doesn’t wet the floor (bag or...

How do you reach a target audience that’s always on the go and ready to act? With mobile advertising of course. Even though smartphones have been around for a few years, brands are still having trouble catching up with how fast mobile search and commerce is growing. Check out the infographic below presented by StartApp to learn more about mobile search and advertising.Full Image : http://infog...

Four big technology fiefs?Apple Inc., AAPL +4.43% Amazon.com Inc., AMZN +2.32% Google Inc. GOOG +1.05% and Facebook Inc. FB +2.73% ?have been creeping into each other's turf for years. In 2013, their war is set to escalate around two fronts: hardware and search. [click to enlarge]With new products and services expected in 2013, the four big technology giants-Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon-w...

intelliPaper™ has patented technology which allows us to embed the necessary electronic components into paper, where the look, feel and functionality of the paper is preserved, but with the added ability of sharing not only printed data but digital data. Patented TechnologyThe resulting paper products are akin to card stock (approximately 146lb cover, or roughly 0.5mm thick).As the final produ...

We’ve compiled a list of the top 10 VC-backed mergers and acquisitions from National Venture Capital Association. The data ranks each of the acquisitions by value and the amount of debt each company takes on in the deal. While 2012 saw some spectacularly large IPOs like Facebook and Workday, it also had its share of major mergers and acquisitions. In the tech sector, the acquisitions of Instag...

Farmigo connects local farms with groups such as workplaces, schools and community centers for custom delivery subscriptions direct to a convenient community location.It may be feasible for a large hospital to build and operate its own organic greenhouse, but that’s simply not an option for countless other organizations and communities, however much they might want similar produce. Enter Farmi...

Despite fears in many countries of continued or renewed economic slowdowns, the advertising industry is expected to continue growing spending at healthy rates for the next several years, driven especially by increased investments in emerging markets.eMarketer estimates total media ad spending worldwide rose 5.4% this year to just under $519 billion?an uptick in the growth rate since 2011’s inc...

Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have developed a novel method for fabricating collagen structures that maintains the collagen's natural strength and fiber structure, making it useful for a number of biomedical applications.Collagen, the most abundant protein in the body, is widely used to build scaffolds for tissue engineering because it is biocompatible and biodegradable. Co...

You can't see them but they're there: nasty microbes infesting your smartphone, iPad, earbuds, pretty much any everyday electronic device. One can safely assume if someone has used it, they've left it crawling with germs! What to do?Whip out the handy dandy “Influsaber” ultraviolet light wand and go full Jedi, that's what! Those miniature malevolent Darth Vaderisms don't have a chance when bl...

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